by Sydney Smith on May 16, 2010
NJ Supreme Court Rules media can’t be sued for accurately reporting pretrial documents
In a split decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that media outlets cannot be sued for reporting from pretrial...
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by Sydney Smith on May 15, 2010
Should Journalists Protect Each Other’s Anonymous Sources?
Journalists are obliged by ethical codes of practice to honor their commitments to anonymous sources. But does this ethical obligation ...
by Sydney Smith on May 14, 2010
NH Supreme Court Protects Anonymous Commenter & Watchdog Website
The New Hampshire Supreme Court set a state standard for how to handle anonymous commenters and defined a mortgage industry...
by Sydney Smith on May 13, 2010
Science journal runs fake climate image with letter, doesn’t disclose
Australian Broadcasting Corp's ABC News Watch called out the journal Science for publishing a fake climate image with its letter on global...
by Sydney Smith on May 13, 2010
NBC Chicago, MSNBC reported fake story about NHL Canucks players
Where's the fact checking? Apparently not at NBC Chicago and MSNBC who reported "an obviously fake story" about two pro...
by Sydney Smith on May 12, 2010
Is Fact Checking of Sunday Morning Shows Working?
iMediaEthics recently reported that as a result of New York University professor Jay Rosen's suggestion, ABC would have PolitiFact fact check...
by Sydney Smith on May 11, 2010
New Ethics for the Non-Profit Newsroom?
iMediaEthics is a non-profit news site. On April 26, three journalism centers published a roundtable report, “Ethics for the New Investigative Newsroom"...
by Sydney Smith on May 10, 2010
British political campaigns staged photos: Actors portray police, doctor, nurse
British elections were May 6. Hopefully, the questionable photos that were spread throughout the campaign by at least one political party...
by Sydney Smith on May 09, 2010
As hyperlocal news sites pop up, so do journalism concerns
Hyperlocal news sites have been popping up a lot lately, especially with Patch.com's expansion, as a possible alternative to newspapers' sagging...
by Sydney Smith on May 08, 2010
Tiger Fauxtographer Jailed for Violating Parole, Said Searching for Tiger
Tiger fauxtographer Zhou Zhenglong, who created a national scandal two years ago with his faked photographs of rare tigers, was jailed for...